Kait Howard
@kaitehoward.bsky.social
Publicity @hopkinspress.bsky.social. Formerly at Basic Books & @melvillehouse.bsky.social.
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Now through 12/7, save 40% on all books—and get free shipping on your $50+ order with code HHOL25! ❄️📚 From bestselling titles like "Catland" to current event must-reads like "In a Rain of Dust," Hopkins Press has books for all readers this holiday season.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Now through 12/7, save 40% on all books—and get free shipping on your $50+ order with code HHOL25! ❄️📚 From bestselling titles like "Catland" to current event must-reads like "In a Rain of Dust," Hopkins Press has books for all readers this holiday season.
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@hopkinspress.bsky.social highlights the Hopkins Press Podcast and how, through this podcast, they aim to make academic research engaging and accessible through conversation, in pursuit of their goal to enrich the life of every person: press.jhu.edu/newsroom/hop...
#TeamUP #UPWeek
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The Hopkins Press Podcast: Why we #TeamUp to make academic research engaging and accessible
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November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
@hopkinspress.bsky.social highlights the Hopkins Press Podcast and how, through this podcast, they aim to make academic research engaging and accessible through conversation, in pursuit of their goal to enrich the life of every person: press.jhu.edu/newsroom/hop...
#TeamUP #UPWeek
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#TeamUP #UPWeek
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The article includes insights from press directors @ucpress.bsky.social, @upcolorado.bsky.social, @ugapress.bsky.social, @hopkinspress.bsky.social & @uofmpress.bsky.social as well as AUPresses executive director.
University Presses Continue Their Missions
Despite pressures from Washington, press directors say they will stay the course while dealing with economic concerns.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The article includes insights from press directors @ucpress.bsky.social, @upcolorado.bsky.social, @ugapress.bsky.social, @hopkinspress.bsky.social & @uofmpress.bsky.social as well as AUPresses executive director.
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Have you seen it?! Romare Bearden’s mural “Baltimore Uproar” in the Upton Metro Station.
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Have you seen it?! Romare Bearden’s mural “Baltimore Uproar” in the Upton Metro Station.
So delighted with this interview with Eduardo Mercado, author of "Why Whales Sing." Spoiler: whale aren't really "singing" but echolocating (!).
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How whales may be using their haunting songs as a navigation system
Podcast Episode · Instant Genius · 11/07/2025 · 21m
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November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So delighted with this interview with Eduardo Mercado, author of "Why Whales Sing." Spoiler: whale aren't really "singing" but echolocating (!).
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William Lopez and Ashley Cureton discuss the toll of immigration raids in the Midwest (via @literatibookstore.bsky.social and @c-span.bsky.social).
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November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
William Lopez and Ashley Cureton discuss the toll of immigration raids in the Midwest (via @literatibookstore.bsky.social and @c-span.bsky.social).
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www.c-span.org/program/book...
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by learning more about the long, rich, complex histories of North America's Native peoples with books from Hopkins Press, including "Enslaved Native Americans and the Making of Colonial South Carolina," "Traitor," and more.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by learning more about the long, rich, complex histories of North America's Native peoples with books from Hopkins Press, including "Enslaved Native Americans and the Making of Colonial South Carolina," "Traitor," and more.
www.press.jhu.edu/ne...
www.press.jhu.edu/ne...
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"Raiding the Heartland" author William D. Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social) talked to Wisconsin Public Radio's Kate Archer Kent about how Midwest communities deal with the violence of worksite immigration raids.
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What do immigration enforcement raids look like in the Midwest?
In public health researcher William Lopez’s new book, he studies worksite raids in small, rural and mostly white communities. In “Raiding the Heartland,” he said immigration enforcement has long-lasti...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Raiding the Heartland" author William D. Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social) talked to Wisconsin Public Radio's Kate Archer Kent about how Midwest communities deal with the violence of worksite immigration raids.
www.wpr.org/news/what-im...
www.wpr.org/news/what-im...
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COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
The Public Scholar
A Practical Handbook
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September 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
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"From large cities like Los Angeles to small, rural towns like O’Neill, Neb., communities have come together...to resist the cruelty and chaos of mass deportation," writes William D. Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social), author of "Raiding the Heartland." @TIME. time.com/7319484/immi...
Mass Deportation Has Begun, But So Has Mass Resistance
How rural communities resist ICE and support their neighbors.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"From large cities like Los Angeles to small, rural towns like O’Neill, Neb., communities have come together...to resist the cruelty and chaos of mass deportation," writes William D. Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social), author of "Raiding the Heartland." @TIME. time.com/7319484/immi...
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"Communities don’t sit around and let removal and separation happen," @wdlopez.bsky.social tells @motherjones.com.
His book "Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance" is out next week! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
His book "Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance" is out next week! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The “chaos and cruelty” of Trump’s worksite immigration raids
A scholar looked at how the enforcement tactic upends communities, leaving many feeling “like a tornado” hit their town.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Communities don’t sit around and let removal and separation happen," @wdlopez.bsky.social tells @motherjones.com.
His book "Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance" is out next week! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
His book "Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance" is out next week! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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RIP to Margaret W. Rossiter, intrepid historian and author of the "Women Scientists in America" trilogy published by Hopkins Press. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
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September 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
RIP to Margaret W. Rossiter, intrepid historian and author of the "Women Scientists in America" trilogy published by Hopkins Press. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
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Check out the latest @hopkinspress.bsky.social podcast, featuring an interview with me about our new research showing that Bluesky is the preferred home of online scientists and science communicators. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm
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Hopkins Press Podcast 4.5: David Shiffman on Why Bluesky Matters
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September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Check out the latest @hopkinspress.bsky.social podcast, featuring an interview with me about our new research showing that Bluesky is the preferred home of online scientists and science communicators. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm
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Through an innovative blend of historical rigor and cultural insight, "The Novel and the Blank" by @mpbrown.bsky.social uncovers the vibrant, overlooked world of the eighteenth-century British American print shop and reveals the complexities of colonial life.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Through an innovative blend of historical rigor and cultural insight, "The Novel and the Blank" by @mpbrown.bsky.social uncovers the vibrant, overlooked world of the eighteenth-century British American print shop and reveals the complexities of colonial life.
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William Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social)'s "prescient" forthcoming book on the cruel logic of ICE workplace raids gets a @publisherswkly.bsky.social star. www.publishersweekly.com/9781421453705
Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance by William D Lopez
Until recently, the southern U.S. border dominated most discussions of immigration, but public health scholar Lopez (Separated) ...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
William Lopez (@wdlopez.bsky.social)'s "prescient" forthcoming book on the cruel logic of ICE workplace raids gets a @publisherswkly.bsky.social star. www.publishersweekly.com/9781421453705
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@natureportfolio.nature.com's 'Books In Brief' features @hopkinspress.bsky.social ' RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE ZOMBIE BUGS by @laminda.bsky.social.
Buy a copy anywhere in Europe from your local bookshop or @blackwells.bsky.social!
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Buy a copy anywhere in Europe from your local bookshop or @blackwells.bsky.social!
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Rise of the planet of the zombie bugs: Books in brief
Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
@natureportfolio.nature.com's 'Books In Brief' features @hopkinspress.bsky.social ' RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE ZOMBIE BUGS by @laminda.bsky.social.
Buy a copy anywhere in Europe from your local bookshop or @blackwells.bsky.social!
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Buy a copy anywhere in Europe from your local bookshop or @blackwells.bsky.social!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“‘I don’t think it’s out of the question that what was presumably settled for decades and decades’ is now up for debate.”
Harold Gouzoules, co-author of “The Hundred Years' Trial,” spoke with @theglobeandmail.com on the centennial of the Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’:
Harold Gouzoules, co-author of “The Hundred Years' Trial,” spoke with @theglobeandmail.com on the centennial of the Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’:
July 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“‘I don’t think it’s out of the question that what was presumably settled for decades and decades’ is now up for debate.”
Harold Gouzoules, co-author of “The Hundred Years' Trial,” spoke with @theglobeandmail.com on the centennial of the Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’:
Harold Gouzoules, co-author of “The Hundred Years' Trial,” spoke with @theglobeandmail.com on the centennial of the Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’:
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Why does the big bill not repeal the estate tax, a goal of R's for years? Because it allows the ultra-rich to avoid even more taxes. Great piece by BC law prof Ray Madoff in @washingtonpost.com; book THE SECOND ESTATE is out in Oct. @uchicagopress.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A signature GOP issue is omitted from Trump’s ‘big’ tax bill. Weird.
The ‘death tax’ is already dead. That’s why Republicans stopped trying to kill it.
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June 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Why does the big bill not repeal the estate tax, a goal of R's for years? Because it allows the ultra-rich to avoid even more taxes. Great piece by BC law prof Ray Madoff in @washingtonpost.com; book THE SECOND ESTATE is out in Oct. @uchicagopress.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Too often, LGBTQ+ lives are left out of the stories of the American Revolutionary Era.
We change that in Ep. 414 with John McCurdy. Join us.
👉 www.benfranklinsworld.com/414
#PrideMonth #EarlyAmericanHistory #Skystorians
We change that in Ep. 414 with John McCurdy. Join us.
👉 www.benfranklinsworld.com/414
#PrideMonth #EarlyAmericanHistory #Skystorians
June 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Too often, LGBTQ+ lives are left out of the stories of the American Revolutionary Era.
We change that in Ep. 414 with John McCurdy. Join us.
👉 www.benfranklinsworld.com/414
#PrideMonth #EarlyAmericanHistory #Skystorians
We change that in Ep. 414 with John McCurdy. Join us.
👉 www.benfranklinsworld.com/414
#PrideMonth #EarlyAmericanHistory #Skystorians
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“With painstaking archival research and graceful prose, Jones blends a legacy of enslavement, passing, Jim Crow, and colorism into a complex portrait of an American family over time in an all-too-often racist land and legal system.” www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/arts...
Historian Martha S. Jones’ New Memoir Traces Five Generations of Her Own Lineage
In ‘The Trouble of Color,’ the Johns Hopkins University professor blends a legacy of enslavement, passing, Jim Crow, and colorism into a complex portrait of an American family in an all-too-often raci...
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June 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“With painstaking archival research and graceful prose, Jones blends a legacy of enslavement, passing, Jim Crow, and colorism into a complex portrait of an American family over time in an all-too-often racist land and legal system.” www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/arts...
This is tonight!
The fungal pandemic in HBO's The Last of Us is pure sci-fi, but did you know such things happen in the invertebrate world? Join Mindy Weisberger (@laminda.bsky.social), author of "Rise of the Zombie Bugs," this Thursday to learn more. bportlibrary.libcal.com/event/14665695
Virtual Author Talk: Rise of the Zombie Bugs with Mindy Weisberger
Join us for this exciting virtual program with author Mindy Weisberger! All participants will be entered to win a copy of the book!
Zombies aren't just the stuff of nightmares....
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June 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is tonight!
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And we're back! My latest in the Chronicle is now live: "How to Promote Your Scholarly Book," ft Libra-coded advice such as "use social media" & "or don't use social media." No doubt other publishers will have lots of tidbits to add. Pls share/reach out for a PDF. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Advice | How to Promote Your Scholarly Book
An acquisitions editor offers eight tips for marketing-shy academics.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
And we're back! My latest in the Chronicle is now live: "How to Promote Your Scholarly Book," ft Libra-coded advice such as "use social media" & "or don't use social media." No doubt other publishers will have lots of tidbits to add. Pls share/reach out for a PDF. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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I made an argument in favor of keeping works of “serious literary value” in public schools. slate.com/life/2025/05...
I’m a Public-School English Teacher. The Most Vocal Defenders of K–12 Liberal Arts Are Not Who You’d Expect.
Common Core and the College Board are my enemies. But the classical education movement is not my friend.
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May 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I made an argument in favor of keeping works of “serious literary value” in public schools. slate.com/life/2025/05...
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Our Fall 2025 books catalog is available now! 📚 Browse upcoming books in a variety of subjects, from updated editions of bestsellers like "The 36-Hour Day" and "Teaching with AI" to must-read titles including "The Hundred Years' Trial" and "Why Whales Sing."
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www.press.jhu.edu/books/fall-2...
May 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Our Fall 2025 books catalog is available now! 📚 Browse upcoming books in a variety of subjects, from updated editions of bestsellers like "The 36-Hour Day" and "Teaching with AI" to must-read titles including "The Hundred Years' Trial" and "Why Whales Sing."
www.press.jhu.edu/books/fall-2...
www.press.jhu.edu/books/fall-2...
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Things feeling apocalyptic? It's nothing compared to what goes on in the invertebrate world. Don't miss Mindy Weisberger on zombified bugs and her new book (via
@scifri.bsky.social).
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@scifri.bsky.social).
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A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies
“Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Things feeling apocalyptic? It's nothing compared to what goes on in the invertebrate world. Don't miss Mindy Weisberger on zombified bugs and her new book (via
@scifri.bsky.social).
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ris...
@scifri.bsky.social).
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ris...